TABLE 1.

Demographic Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity: US Women, National Survey of Family Growth, 2002

	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Hispanic	Other	Total
Unweighted No.	4139	1530	1589	385	7643
Weighted %	65.87	13.79	14.76	5.59	100.00
Age, y, %
15–17	9.06	10.53	10.06	18.20	9.47
18–22	16.09	17.66	16.86	6.63	16.48
23–24	5.34	6.22	7.76	16.60	6.00
25–29	14.13	15.18	18.20	18.45	15.03
30–34	16.31	16.20	17.50	19.46	16.70
35–39	18.40	16.95	15.91	20.66	17.62
40–45	20.67	17.26	13.72	0.00	18.70
Nativity, %
US-born	95.85	89.31	50.19	84.92	85.64
Foreign-born	4.15	10.69	49.81	15.08	14.36
Work status,a %
Full-time	52.34	57.90	43.31	51.72	54.99
Part-time	21.29	15.82	18.30	19.74	17.29
Not working	24.93	24.63	36.99	26.99	26.17
Other	1.44	1.65	1.40	1.56	1.56
Education,a %
Less than high school	6.43	14.19	36.37	11.79	15.77
High-school diploma or GED	29.39	35.95	29.30	29.90	21.12
Some college	31.24	31.91	22.49	29.87	31.19
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.94	17.94	11.83	28.45	31.19
Household income as a percentage of 2000 poverty level,a %
< 150%	19.33	41.40	50.51	27.26	27.26
150%–249%	18.90	20.84	23.39	20.08	20.08
250%–399%	28.02	19.03	14.17	24.41	24.41
≥ 400%	33.76	18.74	11.93	28.26	28.26
Residence,a %
Homeowner	65.19	39.05	41.53	57.04	57.04
Renter	34.81	60.95	58.47	42.96	42.96
Marital status, %
Married	50.53	25.80	45.56	50.88	46.07
Cohabitating	8.00	9.45	13.42	9.77	9.04
Separated, divorced, or widowed	9.56	12.03	9.72	10.88	9.85
Never married	31.91	52.71	31.29	28.47	35.05
Age at first sexual intercourse, %
< 12	1.21	2.63	0.55	1.38	1.26
12–13	4.71	9.39	4.97	5.40	5.05
14–15	18.51	25.68	21.04	20.28	18.88
16–17	30.13	36.15	26.15	32.67	28.53
≥ 18	33.98	26.15	47.29	40.28	34.29
No sexual intercourse	11.47	10.44	13.45	18.25	12.00
Number of male sexual partners during lifetime, %
0	11.47	10.44	13.45	5.96	12.00
1–2	30.55	20.96	50.09	32.32	32.74
3–5	26.25	36.65	22.61	28.65	26.86
6–10	19.27	22.18	9.43	19.33	17.69
11–49	11.38	9.12	4.10	10.78	11.18
≥ 50	1.08	0.65	0.32	0.95	1.24
Number of male sexual partners in the past 12 mo, %
0	8.95	14.55	9.96	9.85	9.98
1	79.73	69.18	81.98	79.17	78.59
2	6.56	11.01	4.75	6.76	6.89
3	2.86	3.09	1.70	2.38	2.65
≥ 4	1.90	2.16	1.61	1.84	1.90
Exchanged intercourse for drugs or money in the past 12 mo, %	1.58	4.43	1.55	2.09	2.02
Nonmonogamous male sexual partner in the past 12 mo, %	7.84	15.11	6.33	8.75	8.56
“High” on drugs or alcohol during sexual intercourse in the past 12 mo, %	30.55	23.47	55.32	32.91	32.91
Binge drinking in the past 12 mo, %	40.7	25.92	34.86	37.68	37.12
Marijuana use in the past 12 mo, %	17.36	15.36	10.80	14.89	15.98
Crack or cocaine use in the past 12 mo, %	3.12	1.53	2.82	2.98	2.99
Condom use at most recent vaginal intercourse with a male, %	23.50	36.33	27.27	34.53	26.37

Note. GED = general equivalency diploma.

^aFor respondents aged 22 years and older.